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Anirudh Koul

How many people suffer from Carpel Tunnel Syndrome?

Its related to my last question. Are there any figures available regarding how many people suffer from it. Its common cause is continuous working on the computer. You can read about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome
http://www.ctsplace.com/cts_board/about787.html

I do not know the figures, but it must be a lot.I got it from playing various music instruments, clapping and snapping fingers to rhythms.

Greg Hintz

I was able to find this on the web. To put numbers around this, estimate that there are 250M people in the US, so ~5.5M total US adults:

"Evidence suggests that about 3% of women and 2% of men will be diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome during their lifetimes, with peak prevalence in women older than 55. Still, determining how many people actually have CTS is very difficult. Many people who report CTS symptoms have normal test results, and some people have no symptoms and
show abnormal results. Furthermore, there is some evidence that after a decline in cases, the prevalence in CTS is rising."